White House Denies Donald Trump Accepted Iran's 10-Point Proposal

Further negotiations will take place in Islamabad on Friday (10/4).

The White House has denied reports claiming that United States President Donald Trump accepted Iran’s 10-point proposal outright in the context of a two-week ceasefire agreement.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt emphasised that the information was untrue.

“The idea that President Trump would accept Iran’s wishlist as part of a deal is utterly ridiculous,” she said during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday (8/4).

Leavitt added that Trump would only agree to a deal that favours US national interests. She also revealed that Iran’s initial 10-point proposal did not align with Washington’s position.

According to her, the document was immediately rejected by the US negotiation team.

“The proposal was completely thrown in the bin by the US team,” she stressed, quoted by Al Jazeera on Thursday (9/4).

Furthermore, Leavitt explained that Tehran subsequently submitted a revised proposal, though she did not detail the points eventually considered by the US side. She emphasised that Washington’s core position remained unchanged.

“The president’s red line, namely the cessation of Iran’s enrichment in Iran, has not changed,” she added.

On the other hand, Trump’s statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, showed a more optimistic tone. He described Iran’s proposal as a viable basis for negotiation and portrayed the ceasefire as a two-way step.

“The two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalised and implemented,” Trump wrote.

Several points in Tehran’s circulating proposal include demands for Iran’s right to enrich uranium, the lifting of economic sanctions, and the permanent cessation of attacks on its territory.

In contrast, in Washington’s version of the proposal, the US government wants Iran to halt all uranium enrichment activities and hand over its enriched uranium reserves to the United States.

Iran has reportedly continued to develop its uranium enrichment programme, a material with potential use in nuclear weapons. However, the Tehran government has repeatedly asserted that the programme is for peaceful purposes.

This nuclear issue has been one of the main triggers of the conflict, prompting the United States and Israel to launch attacks against Iran since 28 February.

After more than a month of tension, the two countries finally agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday (7/4) as an initial step towards further negotiations.